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The hiring of Bill Covington for EIS Special Education Teacher reinforces my continued admiration for the Eminence School Board, the Administration and Site Based Council. Mr. Covington is a distinguished educator and since 1983 has tirelessly served the school as a coach, mentor to numerous youth, teachers and the administrative staff. Mr. Covington’s financial support enabled scholarships, enhanced many programs and helped make EIS become the respected institution we have now.

Any successful health care reform legislation must include three basic components: reform of existing government health care programs (like Medicaid and Medicare) to ensure efficiency and accessibility, reform the private market insurance system and enact tort reform to end frivolous lawsuits. Without all three, we will fail in our shared goal of reducing health care costs for families, businesses and the government.

Normally, mid-summer is not the time many of us think about weatherizing our homes, even if cooler temperatures in recent days have felt more like early fall.

If making our homes more energy efficient and saving money weren’t enough, there are 70 million more reasons why Kentuckians should start thinking about taking on energy-saving projects. That is the amount of money Kentucky could receive for this program from the federal stimulus package that Congress approved in February to help local and state economies.

After a string of disappointing seasons, Stephanie Meadows has been hired as the new Eminence High School volleyball coach to help revive the struggling program to where it once was.

In the fall 2003, while Meadows was a senior, the Lady Warriors finished with an impressive 21-10-2 record and advanced to the 8th Region tournament. In the seasons that followed, they went 18-4-1 in 2004, 13-9-1 in 2005, 0-19 in 2006, 2-19 in 2007 and 1-16 in 2008. It was a two-year decline followed by a big drop off in 2006.

With its new fieldhouse completed less than two years ago, a new practice gym ready for use this fall and now a full-time athletic trainer, Henry County High School has upgraded its sports program more than a few notches.

The City of Eminence is sponsoring a Cutest Baby Contest for children birth to 23 months, a Cutie Pie Contest for children 2, 3 and 4 years old and a Little Miss and Mister Contest for couples ages 5, 6 and 7. The contests will be held on Eminence Day, Saturday, Aug. 8.

There’s nothing like getting outside on your bike (the kind you pedal), feeling the wind blow against your face, and huffing and puffing away for hours while going up and down hills. Last Thursday was no exception at the second annual Tour de Henry County.

If I could have it my way the Tour de Henry would be every week — probably each Thursday since that worked out so nicely with my schedule — but of course this is not feasible with a heavy workload and a family waiting for me back home. I guess I can settle for once a year.